The Japanese palladium bar saw the biggest price decline of the day, dropping 1.5 percent on Dec. 12, 2012. The price of US palladium bar declined 0.6 percent. Chinese palladium bar closed 0.3 percent lower.

The price of Japanese platinum bar increased 1.2 percent. Chinese platinum bar gained 0.7 percent. US platinum bar prices rose 0.7 percent.

The price of Japanese gold bullion finished the market day up 0.4 percent per gram. Chinese gold bullion finished the day up 0.2 percent. Following a couple days of improvement, the price of US gold bullion weakened by 0.1 percent. Indian gold bullion held its value yesterday.

Following two days of rising prices, the price of US silver dropped 0.8 percent. After a 0.3 percent increase, Chinese silver finished the day up. The price of Indian silver remained essentially flat. Japanese silver stayed flat.